Letter: Honor American soldiers

Sunday

Sep 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM

If the group Black Lives Matter and the NAACP knew their history, they would know that the Stars and Bars flag was only the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, not of the entire Southern states.

Only 20 percent of Southerners owned slaves. Six hundred twenty thousand Americans died for what they believed in. Most Southerners fought for states' rights and didn't like the North invading. Honor them — they were American soldiers.

If Black Lives Matter and the NAACP want to do something good, go to Chicago, Baltimore and Philadelphia and stop all the black-on-black killings. That would be a great thing, not removing history. But that wouldn't get much TV time.

Ted Horn

Lakeland

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